This report covers the activities and performance of the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) in 2013. It includes a joint chapter of the TEC and the CTCN on the operationalization of the Technology Mechanism, as well as separate chapters for each of the two bodies. The report of the TEC outlines the performance of the activities of the TEC in 2013, conducted in accordance with its rolling workplan for 2012-2013, and includes key messages for the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its nineteenth session. It covers the outcomes of the 5th, 6th and 7th meetings of the TEC and its intersessional work. The report of the CTCN describes the activities and performance of the CTCN in 2013, including in response to mandates provided by the COP. It covers the 1st and 2nd meetings and intersessional work of the Advisory Board of the CTCN and also includes an update provided by the United Nations Environment Programme on matters regarding its role as the host of the Climate Technology Centre

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SBSTA: Item 7(a) of the provisional agendaDevelopment and transfer of technologies and implementation of the Technology MechanismJoint annual report of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and NetworkSBI: Item 13(a) of the provisional agendaDevelopment and transfer of technologies and implementation of the Technology MechanismJoint annual report of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network